83 FR 59373 - City of Woonsocket; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 226 (November 23, 2018)

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FR Document		2018-25472

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59373-59374]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25472]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2972-027]


City of Woonsocket; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 2972-027.
    c. Date filed: November 1, 2018.
    d. Applicant: City of Woonsocket, Rhode Island (City).
    e. Name of Project: Woonsocket Falls Project.
    f. Location: On the Blackstone River in the City of Woonsocket, 
Providence County, Rhode Island. The project diverts water from the 
impoundment created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) 
Woonsocket Falls Dam; however, there are no federal or tribal lands 
within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael Debroisse, City of Woonsocket, 
Engineering, 169 Main Street, Woonsocket, RI 02895; (401) 767-9213.
    i. FERC Contact: Patrick Crile, (202) 502-8042 or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's regulations, 
if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an 
additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form an 
adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on 
its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a 
request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the 
date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request on 
the applicant.

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    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: December 31, 2018.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy 
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-2972-027.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The City electronically filed the application with the 
Commission after the close of business on October 31, 2018. Pursuant to 
18 CFR 385.2001(a)(2), any document received after regular business 
hours is considered filed on the next regular business day. By this 
notice, the requirement under 18 CFR 16.20(c) to file the subsequent 
license application at least 24 months before the expiration of the 
existing license (i.e., no later than October 31, 2018) is waived.
    o. The Woonsocket Falls Project utilizes water from the impoundment 
created by the Corps' Woonsocket Falls Dam, and consists of: (1) A 14-
foot-wide, 20.5-foot-high concrete intake structure located about 60 
feet upstream of the Woonsocket Falls Dam and fitted with a 12-foot-
wide, 18-foot-high steel trash rack having 3.5-inch clear bar spacing; 
(2) a 275-foot long, 12-foot-wide, 10-foot-high concrete penstock; (3) 
a 65-foot-long, 25-foot-wide, 20-foot-high concrete powerhouse 
containing one adjustable blade turbine-generator unit with an 
authorized capacity of 1,200 kilowatts; (4) a 50-foot-long, 12.5-foot-
diameter steel draft tube; (5) an approximately 50-foot-long, 20-foot-
wide, 15-foot-deep tailrace; (6) a 35-foot-long 4.16 kilovolt (kV) 
generator lead line, a 4.16/13.8-kV step-up transformer, a 1,200-foot-
long, and a 13.8-kV transmission line connecting the project generator 
to the regional grid; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    The project bypasses approximately 360 feet of the Blackstone River 
and there is currently no required minimum instream flow for the 
bypassed reach. However, the City operates the project in a run-of-
river (ROR) mode and voluntarily maintains a minimum flow of 20 cubic 
feet per second (cfs) over the crest of the dam to the bypassed reach 
using an automatic pond level controller. The Woonsocket Falls project 
has an average annual generation of approximately 4,580 megawatt-hours.
    The City proposes to: (1) Continue operating the project in a ROR 
mode; (2) provide a year-round minimum flow of 20 cfs into the bypassed 
reach; (3) provide upstream eel passage at the project; and (4) 
implement targeted nighttime turbine shutdowns to facilitate downstream 
eel passage.
    p. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Deficiency Letter (if            January 2019.
 necessary).
Request Additional Information.......  January 2019.
Issue Acceptance Letter..............  April 2019.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments  May 2019.
Request Additional Information (if     July 2019.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2.............  August 2019.
Issue Notice of Ready for              August 2019.
 Environmental Analysis.
Issue Notice of Availability of        February 2020.
 Environmental Assessment.
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    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: November 15, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-25472 Filed 11-21-18; 8:45 am]
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17. Reports on Recent Oil Market and Commission’s Procedural Rules DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Policy Developments in IEA Countries Applicable to Oil Pipeline proceedings,3
18. Update on the Current Oil Market CITGO Petroleum Corporation Federal Energy Regulatory
Situation: Followed by Q&A (Complainant) filed a formal complaint Commission
19. Presentation: ‘‘Update on the against Colonial Pipeline Company [Project No. 2972–027]
implementation of the International (Respondent) alleging that the
Maritime Organisation’s 2020 fuel Respondent’s untarriffed increase of a City of Woonsocket; Notice of
specifications’’ followed by Q&A product loss allocation rate is unlawful Application Tendered for Filing With
20. Presentation: On ‘‘substitute under sections 6, 13, and 15 of the ICA, the Commission and Soliciting
Producer Economies’’ followed by as more fully explained in the Additional Study Requests and
Q&A complaint. Establishing Procedural Schedule for
21. Presentation: Long term oil market The Complainant states that a copy of Relicensing and a Deadline for
outlook—Chevron, followed by Q&A the complaint was served on the Submission of Final Amendments
22. Presentation: ‘‘Uncertainty and contacts for the Respondent listed on
Prosperity: A View from Unipec,’’ the Commission’s list of Corporate Take notice that the following
followed by Q&A Officials. hydroelectric application has been filed
23. Presentation: ‘‘World Energy with the Commission and is available
Any person desiring to intervene or to
Investment 2018’’ followed by Q&A for public inspection.
protest this filing must file in
24. Presentation: ‘‘Russian oil a. Type of Application: Subsequent
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
perspective’’ followed by Q&A Minor License.
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and b. Project No.: 2972–027.
25. Other Business: Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
—Tentative schedule of the next SOM c. Date filed: November 1, 2018.
Protests will be considered by the d. Applicant: City of Woonsocket,
meeting: 21 March 2019, Location Commission in determining the Rhode Island (City).
TBC appropriate action to be taken, but will e. Name of Project: Woonsocket Falls
Representatives of the Directorate- not serve to make protestants parties to Project.
General for Competition of the European the proceeding. Any person wishing to f. Location: On the Blackstone River
Commission and representatives of become a party must file a notice of in the City of Woonsocket, Providence
members of the IEA Group of Reporting intervention or motion to intervene, as County, Rhode Island. The project
Companies may attend the meeting as appropriate. The Respondent’s answer diverts water from the impoundment
observers. The meeting will also be and all interventions, or protests must created by the U.S. Army Corps of
open to representatives of the Secretary be filed on or before the comment date. Engineers’ (Corps) Woonsocket Falls
of Energy, the Secretary of State, the The Respondent’s answer, motions to Dam; however, there are no federal or
Attorney General, and the Federal Trade intervene, and protests must be served tribal lands within the project boundary.
Commission severally, to any United on the Complainant. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
States Government employee designated The Commission encourages Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
by the Secretary of Energy, and to the electronic submission of protests and h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael
representatives of Committees of the interventions in lieu of paper using the Debroisse, City of Woonsocket,
Congress. ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. Engineering, 169 Main Street,
Signed in Washington, DC, November 16,
Persons unable to file electronically Woonsocket, RI 02895; (401) 767–9213.
2018. should submit an original and 5 copies i. FERC Contact: Patrick Crile, (202)
Thomas Reilly,
of the protest or intervention to the 502–8042 or Patrick.Crile@ferc.gov.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state,
Assistant General Counsel for International
and National Security Programs.
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC local, and tribal agencies with
20426. jurisdiction and/or special expertise
[FR Doc. 2018–25526 Filed 11–21–18; 8:45 am]
This filing is accessible on-line at with respect to environmental issues
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http://www.ferc.gov, using the that wish to cooperate in the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for preparation of the environmental
electronic review in the Commission’s document should follow the
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Public Reference Room in Washington, instructions for filing such requests
Federal Energy Regulatory DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on described in item l below. Cooperating
Commission the website that enables subscribers to agencies should note the Commission’s
receive email notification when a policy that agencies that cooperate in
[Docket No. OR19–7–000] document is added to a subscribed the preparation of the environmental
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC document cannot also intervene. See 94
CITGO Petroleum Corporation v.
Online service, please email FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
Colonial Pipeline Company; Notice of
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of the
Complaint
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call Commission’s regulations, if any
Take notice that on November 15, (202) 502–8659. resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
2018, pursuant to sections 13(1), 15(1) Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time believes that an additional scientific
and 15(7) of the Interstate Commerce on December 5, 2018. study should be conducted in order to
Act (ICA),1 Rules 211 and 214 of the form an adequate factual basis for a
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Dated: November 15, 2018.
Federal Energy Regulatory complete analysis of the application on
Kimberly D. Bose, its merit, the resource agency, Indian
Commission’s (Commission) Rules of
Secretary. Tribe, or person must file a request for
Practice and Procedure,2 and sections
343.2, 343.3, and 385.206 of the [FR Doc. 2018–25464 Filed 11–21–18; 8:45 am] a study with the Commission not later
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P than 60 days from the date of filing of
1 49 App. U.S.C. 15(1) and 15(7) (1988). the application, and serve a copy of the
2 18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214. 3 18 CFR 343.3. request on the applicant.

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83 FR 59373 - City of Woonsocket; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 226 (November 23, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission